Objectives: The objective of the event is to provide to the participants essential information regarding Horizon 2020, the largest Research and Innovation program in the world, and highlight the opportunities for public and private organisations as well as for individual researchers.

The workshop was co-organised by DRAGON-STAR and the EU Office (to Hong Kong and Macao), and in cooperation with the EU Delegation in China.

The workshop has gathered senior representatives from universities, research organizations and SMEs (based in Hong-Kong and Macao), and provided the space for a constructive dialogue about opportunities and obstacles for a stronger involvement of the locally based institutions.

An immediate outcome of the discussions, was the common decision to organize an H2020 training later this year (2015).

DRAGON-STAR is funded by FP7, aiming to support the Chinese participation in Horizon 2020, the reciprocity originating from the signed EU-China Scientific Cooperation Agreement, the bilateral cooperation in scientific, technological and industrial research and innovation fields, and the ongoing EU - China Innovation Cooperation Dialogue.

DRAGON-STARPLUS follows its predecessor (DRAGON-STAR), in its important mandate to provide support services to European and Chinese researchers and policy makers, and to offer a flexible platform to facilitate policy discussions between European and Chinese stakeholders. The project has received funding under European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement No645775